Strip fastener for window glass



1940- E. E. SCHAFFERT ET AL 2,219,239.

STRIP FASTENER FOR WINDOW GLASS Filed Feb. 16, 1959 Patented Oct. 22, 1940 UNITED STATES 2 PATENT QFFICE Ernest E. Schafl-ert and August Viehweger, New Paltz, N. Y.

Application February 16, 1939, Serial No. 256,814

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a strip fastener primarily adapted for use in securing window glass or lights to their sashes, in lieu of putty or the equivalent, either initially or as a replacement for putty.

The invention aims to expedite the fastening of the glass pane or light as well as their cleaning, painting and upkeep, and at the same time provide joints which are of a cushioning nature as well as water, air and weather tight.

It is further aimed to provide a structure which may be made fromv a single strip of resilient or bendable metal or a plurality of strips or pieces, as desired, the same having interlocking means functioning in part as glazier points.

The more specific objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with the accompanying drawing illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawing:

Figure l is a view in perspective fragmentarily showing my improvements used to secure a glass pane to a wooden sash;

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective View, with the section taken through a securing projection;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the fastening strip, the same being partly broken away to disclose details;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention as used to secure a glass panel to a wooden sash;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the form of securing strip used in Figure 4, and

Figure 6 is a detail section taken on the line 66 of Figure 5,

Referring specifically to the drawing wherein like reference characters designate like or similar parts, a window sash II! is shown which may be an ordinary wooden sash having the usual rabbet I I in which a glass panel or light I2 is secured.

Usually such a panel is fastened in place by the use of glazier points and putty. The present invention uses an attaching or securing strip means I3 in lieu of such points and putty.

Such a strip is shown in detail in Figure 3. This strip may be made from a single blank or piece of sheet metal possessed of a certain degree of resilience. It has a base I4, on one edge of which an inclined wall I5 extends upwardly and rearwardly and from which a securing flange I6 extends downwardly in spaced relation to an upwardly extending abutment flange I! at the other terminal of base I4. Before attachment of 55 the strip, the lower edge of securing flange I6 is spaced above the base l4 as best shown in Figure 3.

It will be noted that a plurality of points I8, at suitable intervals, depend from the lower edge of the securing flange I6 in line with slots I9 in the base and which slots I9 may be slightly laterally enlarged with respect to the thickness of the 5 points I8.

In using the strip II, preferably four of the strips are employed, one at each dimension of the glass I2, the adjacent corners of the strips being mitered. The strips are disposed or at- 10 tached around the glass I2 before insertion into the rabbet I I. After insertion into the rabbet, the wall I5 is-depressed which causes the flange I6 to move toward the base and the points I8 to extend through the slots I 9 and effectively pene- 15 trate and be anchored in the wood of the sash I0.

As a result, the flange It intimately and the flange I I intimately contacts opposite faces of the glass panel l2 and. because of the nature of the metal of the wall I5, a cushioning efiect is realized. In 20 addition, a felt strip 26, or any equivalent gasket material, is interposed between the panel I2 and the flange It and if desired, such a strip may also be interposed between the panel I2 and the flange I'I.

Various changes may be resorted to provided they fall Within the spirit and scope of the invention. For instance the form of Figures 4 to 6 may be employed and it differs from the preceding form in that the base here shown as I4, which 30 functions like that at M has a hook edge portion 2| overlapping a depressed edge portion 22 of an inclined wall l5 functioning like that at l5. In this form, the wall I5 is separably engaged at 22with the hook portion 2 I. The flanges l6 and I1 correspond to those at I6 and II of the preceding figure, and the points I 8 and openings I9 coact and function like those at I8 and I9, respectively in the preceding form. Attention is called to the fact, however,.that the points I8 are preferably strengthened as by corrugating them laterally such as by providing the outstruck rib- 23.

1 What is claimed is:

A securing strip of the class described having a base engageable with a glass or the like, a flange extending angularly upwardly from the base, a wall extending from the base having a flange opposed to the first mentioned flange and extending in the opposite direction, and point means depending from the second mentioned flange for engagement through the base into a sash or the like, said wall being separate from said base, and hook means at the zone of engagement between said wall and said base.

ERNEST E. SCHAFFERT. AUGUST VIEI-IWEGER. 

